A/HRC/42/43 Annex Declaration adopted during the International ExpertConference on the human rights of older persons, held on 12 and 13 November 2018 in Vienna • The participants gathered at the International Expert-Conference on the Human Rights of Older Persons from 12 to 13 November 2018 in Vienna, which was organized by the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection of Austria with the objective to exchange experiences about the new challenges and opportunities regarding the human rights of older persons, including their right to education and lifelong learning, related to technological developments such as digitalization, robotics, automation and artificial intelligence. • Welcome the decision of the General Assembly (resolution 65/182 of 21 December 2010) which established the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing and the subsequent decisions of the United Nations legislative and consultative bodies aimed at strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons. • Take note of the outcomes of the United Nations conferences and summits and of the international conferences held on 11 and 12 April 2016 in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, and on 3 and 4 October 2017 in Santiago, they pertain to the promotion and protection of the human rights of older persons. • Acknowledge the work done by the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing on identifying gaps in the protection of the human rights of older persons and ways to address such gaps, and welcome the increasing participation by Member States, civil society, national human rights institutions, United Nations agencies, older persons and experts in the work of the Working Group. • Further welcome the methodology adopted by the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing in its last two sessions for gathering substantive and normative inputs on selected focus areas in order to contribute to the selection of steps for addressing the identified problems, potentially including recommendations for new standard setting on the protection of the human rights of older persons. • Support the mandate of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, which was extended by the Human Rights Council in 2016. Take note with appreciation of the reports of the Independent Expert on assessing the state of protection of human rights of older persons across the world, in particular her report on the impact of assistive and robotics technology, artificial intelligence and automation on the human rights of older persons, which identifies remaining challenges and protection gaps and makes recommendations for ensuring that older persons are able to enjoy their human rights on an equal basis with others. • Are encouraged by the increasing interest of the international community in the promotion and protection of the human rights of older persons in the world, and that the international discourse on ageing has widened to further integrate social, development and human rights perspectives. • Take note of the increasing calls to strengthen the protection of the human rights of older persons without further delay, and recognize that the full enjoyment of their human rights by older persons is a prerequisite for a society for all ages. • Emphasize that all older persons have the right to enjoy the benefits of developments in technologies, such as digitalization, robotics, automation and artificial intelligence, and the right to education and lifelong learning on an equal basis with others. • Realize that older persons continue to face challenges in enjoying their human rights in several areas of their lives, including related to the use of technologies, where they may be subject to technological restraints, denied their right to privacy, autonomy and data protection, and experience new forms of isolation and segregation. They also realize that older persons may face ageism and age 18